Foldable counter.



No. 840,719.' PATBNTBD JAN. 3,' 1907 l r s.' SODA. POLDABLE COUNTER.

v :APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 13. 1906.

1HE NaRRls Permuta WASHINGTON. n. c.l

UNiTED srArEs PATENT OFFIOE.

SAMUEL SODA, OF NEw YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOE, BY DIRECTy AND l MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO

HIMSELF AND ALFRED HUTTER, CO-

PARTNERS INHBUSINESS AS INDISPENSABLE COUNTER COMPANY,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

FOLDABLE OOUNTER.r

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 8, 1907.

Application filed August 13, 1906. Serial No. 330,310.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL SODA, a citizen ofhthe United States,residing at New York city, Manhattan borough, county and State i of NewYork, have. invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in FoldableCounters, of which the following is a clear,` full, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to counters or tables such as are usedfordisplaying goods, the object being to produce a counter or table ofsimple and inexpensive construction which can be folded and stored away,if desirable, in small compass.

'Io these and other ends, which will hereinafter appear, my inventioncomprises the novel features of improvement and combination andarrangement of parts which I will now proceed to describe and finallyclaim, reference being had to the accom anying drawings, forming part ofthis speci cation, wherein- Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of atable or counter embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalcentral section thereof, the legs being broken away. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central section thereof when folded and Fig. 4 is across-section thereof, the section being taken on the line a ain Fig. 3.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalviews.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the top or uppershelf of my improved counter, while 2 indicates the lower shelf, (seeFig. 2,) said shelf 2 having beveled /Side edges 2a, Fig. 4. To theupper shelf 1 preferably hinged to said up er shelf, as at 7,

8, and 9, Fig. 2, the said rac -boards having beveled top ed es 6a tocorrespond to the beveled edges o the shelf 2. The said end frames 3 and4 are provided with crossbraces 10 and 11, respectively, which are inturn provided with recesses 12, 13, and 14, adapted to receive the-endsof the members or slats 15, 16, and 17, which comprise'A the lower shelf2. Suitable braces 18 and 19 are employed to hold the said members 15,16,` and 17 together. The top shelf 1 and the lowershelf 2 are providedwith openings 20 21 and 22 23, respectively, through which thelocking-pins24 25 in theend frames 3 and 4 are adapted to pass. In thisinstance the locking-pins are carried by the crossbraces 10 and 11 andare pivotally mounted therein, so that they can be turned after havingbeen inserted through the aforesaid openings 2O 21 and 22 23.

When the counter is folded, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4', the lower shelf2 will rest flat upon the upper shelf 1, as will also the rackboard 6.The endframes3and4willbefolded up and contact the under side of theupper shelf 1. The locking-pins 24 and 25 will now have passed throughthe said openin s 2O 21 and 22 23 and after having passe theref throughare turned so that the horns 26 thereof will lie over the lower shelf 2,as shown in Fig. 4, so as to retain the same against prematuredisplacement.

To use or set up the counter or table, the pins 24 and 25 are turned soas to allow the lower shelf 2 to be lifted 0H, the end frames being thenswung outwardly and the ends of the members 15, 16, and 17 of shelf 2placed in the recesses 12, 13, and 14, as shown in Fig. 2, which willact to keep said end frames a art to maintain the structure in rigidupright position.

The beveled edges 2f;l of the shelf 2 and the beveled edges 6a of therack-boards 6 act to retain the rack-boards 6 when the table Or counteris closed. As said beveled edges 2a Of the shelf 2 overlap the bevelededges 6a of the rack-boards 6 the said rack-boards are prevented fromopening prematurely.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. A foldable counter or table, comprising a top shelf, foldable endmembers hinged thereto, a detachable lower shelf having beveled sideedges carried by said end members,

to overlap the beveled edges of said rackboards when said table isfolded, and a locking'device to secure said detachable shelf to the topshelf of said. counter or table when said counter or table is folded.

2. A foldable counter or table comprising a top shelf having a pluralityof openings therein, foldable rack-boards pivotally connected .to saidtop shelf, end members pivotally attached to said top shelf, a lowershelf detachably secured to said end members provided with a pluralityof openings adapted to aline with the openings in said top shelf, alocking device carried by said end members adapted to pass through theopenings in said top shelf and said lower shelf, and lock same when saidtable is folded and said openings are in alinement.

3. A foldable counter or table, comprising a top shelf having aplurality of openings therein, foldable rack-boards, having beveled topedges, pivotally attached to said top shelf, foldable end memberspivotally attached to said top shelf, a detachable lower shelf, carriedby said end members, provided with a plurality of openings adapted toaline with the openings in said top shelf, said lower shelf havingbeveled side edges; a locking device carried by said end members adaptedto pass through the said openings in the top and lower shelf and locksaid shelves together when said table or counter is folded and saidopenings are in alinenient, the beveled edges of said lower shelf beingadapted to overlap the beveled edges of said rack-boards to prevent saidrack-boards from opening.

4. A foldable counter or table, comprising a top shelf having aplurality of openings therein, foldable rack-boards carried thereby,foldable end members pivotally attached to said top shelf, a lower shelfdetachably secured to said end members provided with a plurality ofopenings adapted to aline with the openings in said top shelf, pivotallock ing means carried by said end members adapted to pass through theopenings in said top and lower shelves when said table is folded, andmeans carried. by said top shellI adapted. to hold said rack-boardsclosed, independently of said looking means.

5. A foldable counter or table, comprising a top shelf provided with aplurality of openings, foldable end members pivotally at tached thereto,a cross-brace, carried by said end members, provided with. a pluralityof recesses, a lower shelf compiising a pluralityof slats adapted toenter said recesses, whereby said end members are braced, said lowershelf being provided with a plurality of openings adapted to aline withthe openings in said top shelf, pivotal locking-pins carried by said endmembers adapted to pass through the openings in said shelves whensaidtable is folded, and means independent of said locking-pins adaptedto hold said raclvboards closed.

Signed at New York city, New York, this 10th day of August, 1906.

SAMUEL SODA. Vitnesses:

HENRY V. GOLDBERGER, ABE S. JEssURUN.

